Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .JOSLYN, OF NEW-YORK,

, Letters Patent No. 109,218, dated-November 15,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BR EECl-l-LOADl NC-iFIRE-ARMSe The'seheduls referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.

I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN J osnmg. of N ew York, the barrel G, or, if desired, the frame with its tubular county of New York, State of New York, have'insocket may be'mado in one. piece with the barreL- vented an Improved Breech-Loading Fire-Arm, of Thesocketis open at the top,'thehammer fitting moved back, and the hammer elevated. jug breech 'to the frame when the hammer'is down, Fignrefi, a plan .view of fig. 1. or whenit is at half rest, as will more fully appear from the fire-arm.

I The most prominent features of myinventionmay men-falls its slightly inclined projection 12 strikes the be briefly alluded to in the outset, as follows: inner end'of the pin; this outer'end is thus caused to slidingbreecmand also serves as amedium for operatper rounded end of this pin in a notch in thefunder rear to conform to the inclination of the stock of the 'limituoi' itsforward movement, theretention is not a .fireearm. i

which the following is a specification. snugly, but so as to slilcigeelfi i1111 the contracted ingtion xof'the o enin w ic prevents t re s i 9 c-W of the W ing breech fror runiing inthe socket, and the open- My invention consists of .an improved breech-load-- ing of the latter being enlarged. between ,the points ing fire-arm, too fully explained hereaftertoneed me 2 and 3, fig. 6, for the free d i s o of the c rtr g liminaryexplanntiomwhieh, on account of its siinwhen the breech has been moved bac plicity,-hoth in construction and operation, can be A segmental projection, 'i, on the'under edgeof and loaded and tired with the greatest rapidity. forming part of theliammcr B, is adapted toan'open- Description of the Accompanying Drawing. 1 m the frame both edges of thls pmJectwn being formed on a circle of which thepin a is the ecu-- Figure lis a vertical section of myimproved breechter, and the end y, fig; 1, of the sliding breech-is made loading fire-arm, showing the-breech-piece at the limit to coincide with the front segmental edge of the ham of its forward movement, and the hammer down..= mer and its projection t.

Figure 2, the same as fig. 1, w h the breech-piece It is this projection which effectually locks the slid- Figure 4, a transverse vertical section on the line 1 hereafter; 2, fig- 1-= Y I x The cartridges which I propose to use in connection Figure 5, a side view of the breech-piece detached with'the fire-arm are such as have metallic cases and v a center fire, the ignition being eflected by the Figure 6, an exterior side view of part of the weapon. hammer through the medium of an'inclined pin, n, l arranged to-have a sliding movement, restricted bya Genera Desm-pmn screw-pin, n, in thesliding breech. When the ham- First, a sliding breech. can'ies the; hammer, the ignite the detonate by sudden impact. spring for operating the same, and. the catch for re- Through the frame 1" passes a vertical pin, g, attaining and releasing the hammen; 1 tached to a spring, 9, which is secured to the said Second, the hammer serves to lock and release the 'frame, the spring having a tendency to retain the upmgthe same. j side of the sliding breech. It. should be understood- ,sjlhesliding brecch,., a detachgedview of which is that while thisrspring-pin q will serve to retain the shown in fig. 5, consists of a cylinder-A, beveled at-the sliding breech when the latter has been moved to the positive one, as the pin willreadily yield when the Extending through this cylindrical. breech is a verrequisite force isapplied to pull the sliding breech tical slot for thereception of thehammr B, mainback. i :spring D, and retaining and releasing-catch E, the In a. recess in one side of the sliding breech is sehammer being connected tothebreech-piec'e by apin, cured a spring, I, the projecting end of which is a, and theput'er end of the spring 1) being connected hooked so' as to catch on the flange of the metallic to the arrnb of'the hammer by the usual link 0, the cartridge-case: I

of the spring being secured inany suitable man- On a pin, s, in the frame F, is hung a bclhcrank J1 a I lever, K, the long arm of which rests, when-undis- The catch E isv hung to a pin 41, itsjshort arm being turbed, iira recessin the frame, as seen in fig. 1 0n adapted to notches, j, in the" edge of the hammer, pulling the sliding breech back, however, the inclined and the long arm being acted on by a spring, 71. v port-ion, t, fig. 2, will strike the short arm of the loves, The breech, with the appliances described, is ar- Ithereby suddenly raising the long arm, and dischargranged to slide in a tubular socket, m, formed on and ing through the open top of the tubular socket of the constituting a part of the frame 1",whic'his secured to frame the spent cartridge-case, which had been previthe wooden stock byany of the usual. appliances, and ously drawn from the barrel by thespring-extractor I. to thefront end of which is secured the rear end of A trigger, M, is hung to a pin in the-frame F, and

. its fall byintroducedinto'the rear ofthe'hnrrel.

- and -seizing the projection B elevate-the hammer fig..2, thereby withdrawing the projection 11 of the frame, thereby releasing the sliding brecch'. The next eflect of the pull j will be the drawing of the slidingbreechback-nntil its d I a'liamrner, carried by and sliding with thebreech, and

locking the breech and, of the sp'ent cartridge must substantially in themanner; breech has nearly reachedclsir of the fire-arm by the short armnof jw'hl'ch' hasthe retreating breech.-

- leasing the hammer, I

- the breech, cooks the hammer "extracts the spent. cartridge-case, and kicks it away.

g After a new cartridge has rear of the barrel, and, it

is so arranged thatwhen puued back its projection it, will elevate thelongarm of the catch Bland thereby release the hammer, the long arm beingrestrictedin shoulder, at, onthe sliding breech,

1 Operation. We will suppose that the moyahlepnrts of the 'arm' are in the position shown infig. 1', that a load has just been discharged, and that a'new-ca1'tridge.h'asto be v Thejoperator places the stock of the fire-arm against his shoulder, 1 w of. thejharniner pnlls it smartly in a. direction parallel,- or nearly so,-.\'vith the barreL- V I :1 I

- The first effect of the force; thus applied, will be to to the; full-'cock P ition shown in hammer from the opening. ofthe pin 1:, fig 5, strikes the shoulder c. 'on theframeg In'thus drawing the breech back, hewever,-the ease follow it, and when the the limit 'of' its rearward morement'tbe ease, new free from the'bnrrel, is kicked been suddenly struck; by

' It will heth'ns seen that the operhtcr, withont i'e-iand byone movement, unlocks driiwsbach the breech;

been introdiiced iiito, the, is de'sirable'to at once discharge-the same,.all that the operator has to do is to itsprojection 1; coming in contactwith a detonnte until the breech has th o g' mw'n e l ver K. i

- q enters the notchand after load may be disch minute; It. will be 'take place, as the hammer cannot fall and ignite the I been locked by-the segmen'tel projection i of mg exploded during the lastmovementof the hammer. l When it is not desirable to explode the cartridge immedietelyfiiiterits introduction into the-barrel, the hammer, alter the breech v may be lowered tothe position of half-cock;- shown by: dotted lines .in fig. 1, v he moved at any time to full cock without drawing *back thehreech, the spring-pin q being 130.1500]! the hammer, I

.l I l s Lfin h'breech-loziding fire-arm a sliding-b v cab and I serving the two fold-purpose of discharging the: cartridge, described, u d 2.. '1he' hnniiner B, ,with its mainspring and catch,- arrnn'gedg'on nndjcnlried by the sliding breech, and locking'the'Jattel3' j'the breech may-he the breech ,drawn hammer, :is set forth. r

Intestimo 'y whereof, specifieetion in the presence of two subscribing wit unlocked, the'hammerooclred, and

ewe t"; 5='Witnesses v WM. A. Srnnn,

'thrnst forward the sliding breechnntil the spring-pin observed that no premature discharge can I the hammer, the detonate vbel portion-0f :the downward has been moved'forward fiomiwhich position it may I l v s suflldent' ret-nining'medinm t'oiresist the slight iefl'ort required substantially as described, so. that I by one manipulation ol the- I have signed my hamster-this 3 n. Jesus: I 

